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 BY GREG THRASHER, VOD CONTRIBUTING EDITOR In the media and in various household venues across the nation the discussion about health care is a major topic. It is true that what we eat is critical to any health care discussion … Continue reading →

Wisc GOP Tramples Democracy: Assembly Passes Union-Busting Bill; State Troopers Dragging Out Protesters   Wisconsin Republicans pushed through a measure stripping state public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Here are the latest developments from Madison. March 9, 2011     SCROLL DOWN FOR … Continue reading →

BY SCOTT BAUER ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective-bargaining rights from public workers, after Republicans discovered a way to bypass the chamber’s missing Democrats and approve an explosive proposal … Continue reading →

Dozens dragged away in Wisconsin protests   By DINESH RAMDE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 9, 2011 MADISON, Wis. — Police carried dozens of protesters from a hallway leading to the Wisconsin Assembly today as Democratic representatives pounded on the locked door … Continue reading →

Commentary by Diane Bukowski: THE MICHIGAN SENATE JUST PASSED ITS PACKAGE OF EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER BILLS FEB. 9. THEY ARE NOW SET TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE TO RESOLVE DISCREPANCIES, THEN TO GOV. RICK SNYDER’S DESK. HE IS FULLY … Continue reading →

PART FOUR: Bobb’s Academic Failure Bills HB 4214 and SB 153 propose to give school EFMs power over academics. DPS is the only school District that has had an EFM, one who has also exercised academic power. Bobb hired Dr. … Continue reading →

PART THREE: BOBB’S RECORD IN DETROIT When Bobb came to Detroit, he pledged to work with the elected school Board over their shared responsibilities, as the emergency financial manager law, PA 72 of 1990, requires. Governor Granholm also made such … Continue reading →

PART TWO: ROBERT BOBB’S BACKGROUND Before coming to Detroit in March, 2009, Robert Bobb had just vacated the seat of President of the Washington, D.C. school board that he been elected to in 2006. Back then the shoe was on … Continue reading →

A CASE STUDY; PART ONE By Russ Bellant  (Ed. note: Mr. Bellant submitted this report — all four sections published here — to the Michigan Senate Education Committee during its hearing on Senate Bills     Feb. 23, 2011. The House has since passed their … Continue reading →

  (and my request to abandon ship)   March 8, 2011 By Fige Bornu aka Roland Lawrence How long have we heard that the Black people in America spend hundreds of billions of dollars each and every year on goods, … Continue reading →